Around August 15th, harvest starts with picking.
Trees are shaken to bring mature fruits down :
- In a corolla for mechanical one.
- On the ground for manual picking up

Then, they are washed and sorted before being placed is grid, while will be piled on trolley up. Drying is realized in big ovens where a 80° (176 °F) draft is dehydrating fruits. After 20 hours of cooking, plum with 21% of humidity becomes prune.

We called “déclayage” when we move the fruits off from the tray rack. Then we sort them out and store them into wooden boxes.

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Les Vergers d’Escoute are located in the South West of France, Lot et Garonne region near Agen. On this fertile and sunny ground, the Vergnes family grows for 5 generations the “Ente” plum tree. From these trees, we harvest plums, which will become the famous Agen Prunes, after drying.

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